C&C Tiberian sun internet gaming

Massive Attack · 13 Sep 2006 at 18:58

C&C Tiberian sun internet gaming help

hi guys,

basicly we have a home network that goes through a netgear router we have 2 copies of tiberian sun and we cant play over the internet or LAN i take as we have the same IP is there a way around this as i wont let me start a lan game and if i go on the internet and someone else starts there internet account up at the same time one of us will get knocked off

Minstadave · 13 Sep 2006 at 21:08

Have you tried enabling IPX/SPX networking on both network adaptors?

FordPrefect · 13 Sep 2006 at 21:09

I think tiberian sun used IPX for gameplay over a LAN, if you are running XP you will need to install IPX protocol as its not installed by default, there are probably a few guides to help you out on the internet. As for internet gaming probably not much you can do if you have different CD keys you might be able to play on different servers.

Flubble · 13 Sep 2006 at 21:17

you need IPX and you have to configure different network numbers for both computers like 00000001 and 00000002, picture

Massive Attack · 14 Sep 2006 at 17:35

thanks for your help guys i have done that and now we can get into the lan game section and see each other but when one of us starts a game the other cant see it, any ideas

cokecan · 14 Sep 2006 at 18:25

you need to set some settings in each comp's ipx properties. i think (cant remember totally but...) yo need to go to the ipx properties, set the network number and internal network number both to 11111111 on the first pc, and then 22222222 on the second pc (basically any 8 digit number) and set the frame type to ethernet II (maybe ethernet snap).

once you've done that you need to go into tiberian sun and go to the options, network properties, then select the network card out the list that has the 11111111 or 22222222 in it (think it should be displayed 11111111:xx xx xx xx where the x's is the mac address of the card)

your comp may require a restart before you do the above bit in tib sun for it to find the network number.

ive done it this way (or at least very close) on both tib sun and RA2, and i think my explanation is more aimed at RA2, but i think it was pretty similar for both. the only difference really would be IF the options ive described are even in tib sun, but i think they are (cant check as i havnt got it installed)